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The 2010 AABS conference will take place from April 22-24, 2010 in Seattle, Washington, as a joint conference with the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study.
The conference website is here.
AABS is pleased to announce the sponsorship of a panel at the 2010 AAASS National Convention to be held from November 18-21, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. We are looking for three presenters for our panel, broadly titled "Windows, Bridges, Gateways and more: Describing Baltic Space in Eurasia." The panel is open to papers from all disciplines. Papers that incorporate the convention's general theme, "War and Peace," are encouraged. To be considered, submit a brief c.v. (2 pages) and a proposal of no more than 250 words embedded in the body of an e-mail to aldisp@u.washington.edu by December 01, 2009. Only submissions from AABS members in good standing will be considered. Chosen panelists will be notified by December 31, 2009. AABS will then submit the panel to AAASS and pay the participants' registration fee.
A reciprocal panel, one sponsored by AAASS, will be in the program of the 22nd AABS Conference.
The Advanced Social and Political Research Institute (ASPRI) at the University of Latvia invites you to participate in an international conference: Twenty Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall: The Politics of Memory and Democratization in Europe
Riga, University of Latvia
September 10-13, 2009
Short proposals (300-500 words) and registration form should be submitted by April 30, 2009 to conferenceASPRI@lu.lv.
The Baltics as an Intersection of Civilizational Identities
Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
June 11-14, 2009
This region has been home for Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and modern Western cultures. The Baltic, unthinkable without and inseparable from its German, Scandinavian, Russian, Jewish, and Polish legacies, is a perfect place to analyze diversity in small countries at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Baltic studies are considered as a particular historical, political, linguistic, social, cultural and ideological contact zone where the meanings of identities, languages, and relationships are renegotiated.
Call for Papers
Deadline: February 1, 2009
Baltic Crossroads: Examining Cultural, Social, and Historical Diversity
May 29 to 31, 2008
Indiana University
The AABS conference planning committee was pleased to offer an exciting program for the 21st Conference on Baltic Studies. The conference focused on the question of diversity in the Baltic region in the past and present and considered the implications of this diversity for global developments and scholarship.
The program included:
More than one hundred panelists from a variety of disciplines—including linguistics, economics, history, sociology, religious studies, political science, anthropology, and education—reflecting an international community of scholars from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, Great Britain, Australia, France, Russia, Canada, and the United States and other regions.
Workshop "Ethnicity and Migration in the Baltic Region" featuring Nils Muiznieks, (University of Latvia, Advanced Social and Political Research Institute), Pille Petersoo, (Institute of International and Social Studies, Tallinn University, Estonia) and Audra Sipaviciene (International Organization of Migration, Vilnius, Lithuania)
Evening program: book exhibit and reading featuring Pauls Toutonghi, author of Red Weather.
Photo: The Trustees of Indiana University
The 14th AABS Australasian Chapter Conference was held at the University of Melbourne on the 6th of September. Set in the Gryphon Gallery of the 1888 Building the conference was divided into three sessions and was well attended. The 14th AABS Conference Dinner was held at "University House" at the University of Melbourne. The dinner honoured Professor Trevor Fennell for his outstanding service to the promotion and pursuit of Baltic Studies in Australia and abroad. Additionally the dinner was accompanied by the AABS launch of Ann Tündern-Smith's book Bonegilla’s Beginnings documenting the process of bringing the first Displaced Persons (Balts) from German displaced person camps to Australia in late 1947. The AABS conference and conference dinner were organised and convened by Dr. Andrew Blumbergs, who is President of the AABS Australasian Chapter. Conference Program with Abstracts (Word format)
September 14–20, 2008, Copenhagen/Denmark and Tallinn/Estonia
The workshop is especially designed to make multipliers from non-European universities acquainted with the Baltic Sea Region, its politics, history, economy, and regional culture. Special emphasis is put on the region’s higher education structures, study possibilities and scholarship options for students and researchers. That way, academic staff in key positions is enabled to inform students and colleagues thoroughly about the scientific opportunities the region offers
The 20th Conference on Baltic Studies was held June 15-17, 2006 at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
The theme was Re-Imagining the Baltic Region: Perspectives on the Past, Present, and Future.Participants were encouraged to consider, among others, the following questions: What is the “Baltic region?” Has the meaning of this concept changed over time? What are the cultural, social, economic, environmental, military, legal, and political implications of expanding the borders of the “Baltic region” both westward and eastward? How are the changes reflected in ideas and practices regarding ethnicity, nationhood, and citizenship? Wealth, poverty, and free markets? Gender norms and roles? Memories and the writing of history? Cultural representations of the region in film, music, literature, and art? Conference Website